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1. The spherical shape of a drop is due to _______ ?
Answer: Surface tension


*2.  Who is the present RBI Governor ?
Answer:   Urjit Patel


3. Earth is protected from Ultra voilet radiation by _______ ?
Answer: Ozone


4. If we move from equator to pole the value of acceleration due to gravity "g"_______ ?
Answer:  Increases


5. Capital of VeneZuela ?
Answer: Karakkas


6. Solid carbon dioxide is known as ______?
Answer: Dry ice


7.  VAT was first introduced in which country ?
Answer: France


8. Which instrument is used to measure blood pressure ?
Answer: Sphygmomano meter


9. How many coastal states are in India ?
Answer: 9


10. The country which lost the largest number of people in the 2nd world war ?
Answer: Japan


11. How many fundamental duties are laid in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 11

11 a. How many fundamental rights are recognized in the constitution of India ?
Answer: 6

12. Which is the Biggest Museum ?
Answer:  British Museum, London


13. Shora is the parliament of  _______?
Answer: Afghanistan


14. Who is the first person to get Param vir chakra ?
Answer: Major Somnath Sharma


15. Which is the largest fresh water lake in India ?
Answer: Wular Lake

15 a. Wular Lake is in which state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir

 16. Which is the longest river in peninsular India ?
Answer: Godavari River

16 a. River godavari originates from ?
Answer: Brahmagiri Mountain


17. What is the full form of SIM ?
Answer: Subscriber Identity Module


18. Who is the founder of Van Mahotsav ?
Answer: K.M. Munshi


19. What is the full form of https ?
Answer:  Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure



20. Where is Sardar Sarovar project situated ?
Answer: Gujarat


21. Which is the coldest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Neptune


22. Which is the Longest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 44 (old name NH 7)


23. Which is the smallest National Highway in India ?
Answer: NH 966B


24. How many bones are there in human skull ?
Answer: 22
25. Union public service commission  was established on ?
Answer: 1 October 1926


26. Kyoto protocol was adopted in which year ?
Answer: 11-Dec-1997

27. Kyoto protocol was came in to force from which year ?
Answer: 16-Feb-2005 

28.Kyoto is the city from which country?
Answer:japan 

29. Device used for measure radiation ?
Answer: geiger muller counter

Simple & Important GK Questions


30. Number of seats in Lok sabha?
Answer: 545 (543 elected+2 nominated)

31. Number of seats in Rajya  sabha?
Answer: 245 (233 elected+12 nominated) 

32. The second person who land on the moon?
Answer: Edwin Eugene Aldrin 

 33. which country is known as land of white elephants?
Answer: Thailand

 34. which country is known as land of cakes?
Answer: Scotland

 35. which country is known as land of thousand lakes
Answer: Finland

36. which country is known as land of windmills
Answer: Netherland

37 . which country is known as land of lilies ?
Answer: Canada

38. Who are the founders of "Google"?
Answer: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

39. who is the author of  "Glimpses of World History" ?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru

40. who wrote the book "India Divided"?
Answer: Rajendra Prasad

*41. Who is the father of indian space program?
answer: Vikram Sarabhai

*42. Where is ISRO headquarters?
Answer: Bengaluru

*43.  Which team won first Twenty-20 worldcup at 2007?
Answer: India

*44.Intensity of light is measured by?
Answer: Lux meter

*45. Instrument used for recording sound underwaterAnswer: hydrophone

46. william harvey discovered blood circulation

47. What is full form of GSTAnswer: goods & service tax


48. gst first introduced in which country ?
Answer: france

49. solid carbon dioxide is dry ice
50. VAT first introduced in which country?
Answer: France

51. What is the fullform for VAT?
Answer: Value Added Tax

52. which is the highest civilian award in India?
Answer:Bharat Ratna

53. which is the highest mountain in world?
Answer: Mount everest

54. origami was originated from which country?
Answer: japan

55. Green planet in solar system?
Answer: Uranus 

*56. Which acid is known as  Muriatic acid?
Answer: Hydrochloric acid

*57. Which acid is known as Aqua fortis?
Answer: Nitric acid 

 *58. Aqua regia is a mixture of?
Answer: Nitric acid and Hydrochloric acid

*58. What is the full form for "VoIP"?
Answer: Voice over internet protocol

*59. What is the full form for "LISP"?
Answer: Large scale integrated Circuit



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*last updated on 28/12/2018

41 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 30, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    Superb it helps me a lot

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  2. AnonymousOctober 5, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    Interesting Questions. Good Job

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  3. Pratham sharmaOctober 28, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    Wrong answer of question no. 7. ..... Correct answer is brazil and germany..

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    1. HARIOctober 28, 2015 at 7:33 PM

      dear unknown,

      do u mean ""VAT was first introduced in which country ?"" i still believe its answer is france..

      feel free to comment if you are still disagreeing with me

      thanks for your feedback

      Delete
    2. UnknownApril 7, 2016 at 8:44 PM

      excuse me you are saying that question is Wrong no doubt its correct but if you are still doubtful check on google as everyone trust google.... please don't claim.

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    3. SreeApril 10, 2016 at 8:04 AM

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax

      Delete
  4. Pratham sharmaOctober 28, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    Wrong answer of question no. 7. ..... Correct answer is brazil and germany..

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    1. SreeOctober 29, 2015 at 3:35 AM

      Dear I am supporting hari, as vat was first introduced in france
      you may find details from here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_tax
      "Maurice Lauré, Joint Director of the France Tax Authority, the Direction Générale des Impôts, was first to introduce VAT on 10 April 1954, although German industrialist Dr. Wilhelm von Siemens proposed the concept in 1918"

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    2. UnknownJanuary 31, 2018 at 7:37 AM

      But germany introduced it in the year 1918

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  5. Mhats ChainmarshNovember 5, 2015 at 2:21 PM

    Value Added Tax

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  6. UnknownDecember 14, 2015 at 9:11 PM

    Nice informative

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  7. UnknownMarch 6, 2016 at 9:53 PM

    Good

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  8. AnonymousMay 11, 2016 at 9:29 AM

    good job sir

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  9. ShifaullahMay 17, 2016 at 2:36 AM

    Overall good attempts
    And valuable questions

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  10. SreeMay 25, 2016 at 6:09 AM

    1. Pakistan literally means lands of pure


    2. life of pi written by yann martle


    3. Who discovered Radio Carbon Dating?

    Answer: williard libby

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  11. SreeJune 11, 2016 at 12:19 PM

    national flower of pakistan: Jasmine
    who is the author of panchatantra?
    Vishnu Sharma

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  12. SreeJune 29, 2016 at 9:58 PM

    who launched the National Mission on Libraries ?
    Answer: Pranab Mukherjee

    Nabard was estblished on ?
    Answer: shivraman committee

    Parliament name of JAPAN ?
    Answer: DIET

    Who is known as missile woman of india?
    Answer: Tessi thomas

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    1. UnknownNovember 9, 2016 at 10:10 PM

      I like to know more about tessi Thomas

      Can you

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    2. Veeresha CYSeptember 17, 2017 at 1:33 PM

      Tessy Thomas is an Indian scientist and Project Director for Agni-IV missile in Defence Research and Development Organisation. She is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in India. She is known as the 'Missile Woman' of India.

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  13. SreeAugust 19, 2016 at 6:02 AM

    Who is the chairman of rajyasabha?
    Answer: The vice president

    who is the first vice president of india?
    Answer: Dr. S Radhakrishnan

    what is the present salary of vice president?
    Answer:125000

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  14. UnknownNovember 10, 2016 at 9:52 PM

    who invenred hydrogen bomb?

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  15. hbhDecember 4, 2016 at 1:33 PM

    Answer of question no. 23 is wrong smallest highway of india is NH47A

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    1. SreeDecember 4, 2016 at 3:02 PM

      NH47A is now known as National Highway 966B.National Highway 966B is between Kundannoor and Willingdon Island in kerala

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  16. ShafiqDecember 4, 2016 at 9:02 PM

    Nice questions as well as answers 👏👏

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  17. UnknownDecember 14, 2016 at 8:11 AM

    Please note the question 11.. How many fundamental rights are recognized in the constitution of India ?
    Answer is 6

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    1. SreeDecember 17, 2016 at 6:43 AM

      Yes you are right.. the right to property was removed from Part III of the Constitution by the 44th Amendment in 1978

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  18. amazing factsJanuary 26, 2017 at 8:12 PM

    awesome.

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  19. UnknownFebruary 17, 2017 at 3:52 PM

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  20. UnknownApril 5, 2017 at 9:38 PM

    Really informative and helpful questions......
    Thank u😃😃

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  21. Digital VLSI World_RSMay 24, 2017 at 5:37 PM

    ya good sites to learn important GK and current affairs

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  22. AdministratorAugust 18, 2017 at 11:56 AM

    good questions,...
    thanks

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  23. UnknownOctober 10, 2017 at 5:23 PM

    Good questions

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  24. SreeNovember 3, 2017 at 8:33 AM

    fastest running train in indian railway?
    Answer: Shatabdi Express

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  25. I am IndianNovember 20, 2017 at 6:12 PM

    Super

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  26. HariDecember 14, 2017 at 8:43 AM

    what of the full form of SAARC?

    Answer: South Asian Association for Regional Corporation.

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  27. SreeFebruary 9, 2018 at 5:57 AM

    What is the full form for Wifi?
    answer: wireless fidelity

    What is the full form for virus?
    Vital information resources under siege

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  28. SreeOctober 2, 2018 at 6:14 AM

    what is the full form for BOD?
    Answer: Biological Oxygen demand

    What is the PH value of Blood?
    answer: 7

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  29. Important GK QuestionsOctober 18, 2018 at 8:00 AM

    Kimono is the traditional dressing style of which country?

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  30. UnknownJanuary 26, 2019 at 4:17 PM

    Update should be done at regular basis....

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